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Parklife

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Due to climate change, a large number of desperate Kenyans have settled illegally in the country's parks and are deforesting large areas to make them suitable for cultivation and cattle-grazing. Sadly cutting down the trees is helpi...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Parklife.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:11

Lesson 12, Pine Barrens

Authors: Tunick, Richard ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This is a model lesson plan for instructors who are interested in integrating ethics into the middle or high school level science classes. Lesson 12 discusses the complexities of environmental decisions as it relates to land usage....
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Education/precollege/scienceclass/lessonplans/lesson12.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-20 16:54

Case studies in environmental ethics

Authors: Derr, Patrick George ; McNamara, Edward M.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume contains over 40 cases looking at issues such as genetic engineering, aesthetics, pollution, animal rights, population, and resource management. Each case presents factual information on a particular topic, followed by a...
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-07 15:22

Climate Change: Evidence of Human Causes and Arguments for Emissions Reduction

Authors: Karmosky, Chris ; Haqq-Misra, Jacob D. ; Baum, Seth D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In a recent editorial, Raymond Spier expresses skepticism over claims that climate change is driven by human actions and that humanity should act to avoid climate change. This paper responds to this skepticism as part of a broader r...
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9270-6

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-07-09 11:56

Leopold, Pinchot, Marx, and the Ethics of Buffalo Hunting in the 21st Century

Authors: Simon, Alexander
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: This article talks about conservationist ethics as represented by Gifford Pinchot, and ecocenteric ethics as represented by Aldo Leopold, and then discusses a buffalo hunt the author engaged in in 2005 in the Henry Mountains of Utah...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/Simon-Leopold%20Pinchot%20Marx%20and%20Ethics.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-10 11:38

Climate Change and Burning of Fossil Fuels

Authors: Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society ; Whyte, Kyle ; Reider, Travis ; American Society for Bioethics + Humanities ; Nelson, James Lindemann ; Heurer, Kelly ; Henderson, Macey ; Hedahl, Marcus
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: (See page 12 of the PDF) Climate change refers to the rise in global average temperature that has been observed in the last few centuries. During roughly the last 50 years, this rise had been attributed to human activities of burnin...
Year: 2013
URL: http://nubc2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BB-Cases-Nos-1-14-Final.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2013-05-20 16:04